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CVE-2010-4344

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Date: December 14, 2010

Heap-based buffer overflow in the string_vformat function in string.c in Exim before 4.70 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an SMTP session that includes two MAIL commands in conjunction with a large message containing crafted headers, leading to improper rejection logging.

Language: C

Severity Score

9.8

Related Resources (36)

Url: http://www.metasploit.com/modules/exploit/unix/smtp/exim4_string_format

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3204

Url: http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20101210.164935.385e04d0.en.html

Url: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/11/exim_code_execution_peril/

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3246

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/40019

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515172/100/0/threaded

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3186

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1032-1

Url: http://www.cpanel.net/2010/12/exim-remote-memory-corruption-vulnerability-notification-cve-2010-4344.html

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2010-4344

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3172

Url: http://www.osvdb.org/69685

Url: http://git.exim.org/exim.git/commit/24c929a27415c7cfc7126c47e4cad39acf3efa6b

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3171

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/42576

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4344

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024858

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=661756

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/04/7

Url: ftp://ftp.exim.org/pub/exim/ChangeLogs/ChangeLog-4.70

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45308

Url: http://www.exim.org/lurker/message/20101207.215955.bb32d4f2.en.html

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3317

Url: http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=787

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00003.html

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0970.html

Url: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/10/1

Url: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/682457

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2131

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/42589

Url: http://atmail.com/blog/2010/atmail-6204-now-available/

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3181

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/42586

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/42587

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2010-4344

Severity Score

9.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

Out-of-bounds Write

CWE-787

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version 4.70

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	9.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	9.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2010-4344

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Date: December 14, 2010

Language: C

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Related Resources (36)

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Weakness Type (CWE)

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CVSS v3.1

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